Butter press or printer



(No Model.) J. M. GRILEY.

BUTTER PRESS 0R PRINTER. No. 409,734. la'en'ed Aug. 27, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN M. ORILEY, OF LOVELAND, OHIO.

'BUTTER PRESS OR PRINTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,734, dated August27, 1889.

Application filed November 6 1888. Serial No. 290,157.

.T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. OEILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Loveland, in the county of Clermont and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvemfent in ButterPresses and Printers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

At present butter intended for use in l1otels, restaurants, dac., ispressed and printed by small hand-prints, each pat -smallcake-separately 4 The object of my invention is to provide for pressingand printing these patsby machinery, a number at a time; and theinvention consists in the features and combinations hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure iis a plan sectional view taken inline l l of Figa. 3, showing the cylinder-actuating mechanism, beveledholes, Ate.; Fig. 2, a broken side elevation, and Fig. 3 an endelevation, of the cylinder with the cap thrown open.

A is the cylinder; a, the head-plate thereof; a', beveled holes in thehead-plate; and a?, a cam-shaped lug on the head-plate; B, a piston orplunger; yC, mechanism for operating the plunger; D, a hinged cap at theend of the cylinder; (La wooden plate fitted and held therein; d', dies,shapes, or molds for forming the pats; and d2, a handle on the capadapted to fit over the cam-shaped lug a2 for locking the eapagainst thehead-plate; E, a cut-off moving up and down to cut off the pats; e, thewire knifel thereof 3 e', lugs for securing the ends of thewire knife,and e2 slots in which the lugs e t and move vertically.

My improved butter press and printer is constructed and intended tooperate about as follows: It comprises a suitable barrel or cylinder ofany size desired, preferably made of galvanized iron and capable ofbeing opened to receive the butter. In one end of this cylinder areholes or openings beveled outwardly-that is, so as to be smallest at theoutside-through which the butter is intended to be pressed. There may ofcourse be as many of these openings as desired, and they may be of anysize and shape desired. I prefer to use a head-plate at this end madeseparate from the cylinder and afterward secured thereto, and to havethese beveled openings in such head-plate.

(No model.)

A suitable cap, also preferaly of galvanized iron, is hinged at the endof the cylinder, and inside of this cap is a plate of wood, secured bydovetailing or oth erwise and provided with suitable dies or molds forforming shapes in the butter; but in some cases this cap maybe vsecuredotherwise than by hinging or so constructed that its inside plate may beomitted. Vhen closed, this cap is fastened by a leverlock or otherwise,and fitting against the end or head-block operates to close thecylinder.

A plunger or piston suitable for pressing the butter outwardly isinserted in the cylinder from the end opposite the head plate or cap.This plunger may be operated by any suitable mechanism. 'When movedforward, it forces the butter against the end or headplate and ontthrough its beveled holes, and in this way presses it against the capand into its molds or dies. Itis thus formed or pressed into pats, andstamped or printed with figures or designs conformingto the dies in thecap or wooden plate, and of course as many pats are formed at eachoperation as there are holes in the head-plate.

The pats are cut off or separated by a wire knife secured and carried inasuitable frame, preferably of wrought-iron, and capable of movingvertically, as desired. The construction of this cut-off will be readilyunderstood from the drawings.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to special formsordetails of construetion, as it is apparent that many changes may' bemade without departing from the spirit of my invent-ion.

I claiml. A butter press or printer comprising a butter-holding cylinderhavingopenings in.

one end beveled outwardly, a cap fitting` against such end to close thecylinder and form the pats, a plunger for pressing the butter outwardlythrough the beveled holes and IOO the head-plate and having dies ormolds to A form the pats, a plunger for forcing the butter out throughthe beveled holes and into the dies of the cap, means for actuating theplunger, and a vertically-movable cut-oit to separate the pats,substantially as described.

3. A butter press or printer comprising a butter-holding cylinder, ahead-plate at one end of the cylinder having openings beveled outwardly,a cap closing and fitting against the head-plate, a removable platesecured inside the cap having dies or molds to form the pats, a plungerfor forcing the butter out through the beveled holes into the dies ofthe removable plate, and a vertically-movable cut-ott to separate thepats, substantially as described.

4. A butter press or printer comprising a butter-holding cylinder, ahead-plate at one end of the cylinder having openings beveled outwardly,a cap closing and tting against the head-plate, a removable Wooden platedovetailed inside the cap and having dies or molds to form the pats, aplunger for forcing the head-plate, a lever-lock for securing andholding the cap against the head-plate, a removable plate inside the caphaving dies or molds to form the pats, a plunger for forcing the butterout through the beveled holes and into the dies of the removable plate,means for actuating the plunger, and a verticallymovable cut-0E toseparate the pats, substantially as described.

JOHN M. CRILEY. Witnesses:

ALVIN M. McHURoN, HORACE CLINTON.

